10th of May 2009!! Mothers day!!

Mother's Day In India

The practice of celebrating the Mother is not alien to India. For thousands of years Hindus have been celebrating a ten-day festival, Durga Puja, honoring the divine mother Durga, in early October. But the more personal festival of 'Mother's Day' has also come to become a part of our culture now. What it offers is an opportunity to honor and show our appreciation for our flesh and blood mother - the one person who has stood by us through thick and thin.

Hindu scripture credits the Great Mother, Kali Ma, with the invention of writing through alphabets, pictographs and beautiful sacred images.

Buddha honored mothers when he said, "As a mother, even at the risk of her own life, loves and protects her child, so let a man cultivate love without measure toward the whole world."

In India there is a ten-day festival known as Durga Puja, which is held in early October. The festival honours Durga, the "Divine Mother". She is the most important of all Hindu goddesses.

However, in India, Mother's Day is observed mostly in cities, where people are more in contact with cultural traditions of the rest of the world.

What You Can Do On Mother's Day !

Given below are a few tips to express your love and appreciation for your mother-

Visit or call your mother and surprise her by telling her you still remember how she used to care for you.

Remember to illustrate your point with reminiscences of your childhood.

Send her a card or flowers with a poem specially written for her (never mind if it is not perfect).

Take her out to dinner or cook for her.

Take her out for a dance, and tell her she is your first girlfriend and the first woman in your life.

Wear a red carnation with a smile,

Surprise her by making breakfast this Sunday.

Think of any one woman, other than your own mother, who has been a mother figure to you, and surprise her by visiting her with a box of chocolates.